Washington Post: Live News

Name: Washington Post: Live News
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Rating: 4.460731029510498 (90284 reviews)
Author: The Washington Post

The Washington Post

Contains adsIn-app purchases

4.5

90.3K reviews

1M+

Downloads

Everyone 10+

About this app

The app is free to download and keeps you informed with expert coverage from Post journalists.

PRODUCT FEATURES
• Stay informed with the 24/7 feed of today’s news.
• Wake up with The 7, a better morning briefing on the day’s most important and interesting stories.
• Customize your alerts to be the first to know when news is breaking.
• Catch up with today’s stories by listening to original podcasts and audio articles.
• Discover something new in My Post, a curated feed with recommendations just for you.
• Dive deeper into Post journalism with innovative graphics, video, and augmented reality exclusives.

Updated on

Aug 13, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.

This app may share these data types with third parties

Location, Personal info and Device or other IDs

This app may collect these data types

Location, Personal info and 6 others

Data is encrypted in transit

You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5

81.3K reviews

N Elaine J

August 13, 2025

Annoying video ads: Even though you've a paid subscription, you have to sit thru 15 seconds of video ads before watching a video. An article may have 12 short videos, and each starts with ads. Sheer madness. disruptive! Unnecessary noise! Waste of my time! I don't watch the ads unless necessary. Long gone the days of a paper newspaper which was supported by ads that didn't move, and a one- or two- second glimpse was all it took for the reader to acknowledge the sales pitch.

5 people found this review helpful

The Washington Post

August 13, 2025

Sorry for your trouble. If there is a particular ad that you find overly intrusive or distracting to your reading experience, please contact us and provide a screenshot of the ad along with the URL the ad leads to. This will help us track down the ad, and in the event it does not comply with our ad policy, it will be removed from our network.

Mark Perkins

June 4, 2025

App opens with Top Stories (I can't say I don't want this). Half(!!!) of the screen is used for those four little "cards" that are useless.Today three (yes three) of them link to games that I can easily find via the games menu at the bottom of the screen. The most annoying, though, is when I get "continue reading" hints. I am well aware of what I've been reading and don't always want to read a whole article that has already repeated itself ad infinitum. I'm about done w/ WaPo altogether.

21 people found this review helpful

Sylvie Rousseau

March 13, 2025

I like that you can choose your alerts by section or topic. Not sure if this is unique, but it's good. Sometimes recommendations can get annoying. Would love to see a "reading history" feature, and be able to edit my recommendation algorithm. Also, app formats change between different sections? Like sometimes I feel like I end up in a random web browser. That's weird, right? Finally, I don't like being directed to out-of-app games.

81 people found this review helpful

What’s new

We’ve added a new Watch tab, a curated feed of vertical video storytelling from The Washington Post. Dive into breaking news, on-the-ground reporting, and original series, all in one place. Fast, visual, made for mobile.

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